Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas
(LPC) landed nine finalist spots for the Selah Awards—the most of any
publisher.

Eddie Jones, LPC’s founder and publisher, also earned a nod
in the Young Adult Fiction category for his Dead Low Tide (Zonderkidz),
as did Ann Tatlock, acquisitions and managing editor for LPC’s historical
fiction imprint, in Fiction: Historical for Sweet Mercy (Bethany
House/Baker Publishing Group).

The Selah Awards are open industry wide and internationally
to authors published by traditional and nontraditional publishing houses during
the previous year. Finalists were named in 13 categories this year, including
eight fiction categories.

The awards will be presented May 21 in Ridgecrest, North
Carolina, at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. Alton
Gansky is director of the Blue Ridge conference and Eva Marie Everson is
contest director. The 2014 Book of the Year award will be chosen by the contest
director from among the top scores/first-place recipients.

HarperCollins Christian Publishers was also among the
finalists with the second-most titles at five—three for Thomas Nelson and two
for Zondervan. Barbour Publishing was next with three finalists, while B&H
Kids, Abingdon Press, Moody Publishers, Kregel Publications, Revell/Baker
Publishing Group and Regal also received nods, among others.